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OP   THE 


FOR 


PROMOTING     AGRICULTURE 


ZNSTXTX7TED  FEBRUARY  14,  1809. 


CKrrmantoton,  jpa.: 

PRINTEP   BY   P.    R.    FREAS   &  CO. 

1840. 


CHARTER. 


Chapter  3015. 

AN  ACT  TO  Incorporate  the  Philadelphia  Sgciety  for  Pro- 
moting Agriculture. 

Section  1.  The  persons  constituting  the  Philadelphia  Agri- 
cultural Society  declared  to  be  a  body  politic  and  corporate 
by  the  name  of  "  The  Philadelphia  Society  for  Promoting  Ag- 
riculture," with  the  usual  corporate  powers,  for  ten  years.  2. 
Officers  to  be  elected  annually.  3.  Corporation  authorised 
to  make  by-laws  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  and  constitu- 
tion of  this  commonwealth.  4.  Present  officers  to  continue 
4intil  an  election  shall  be  held  under  this  act. 

Passed  Uth  February,  1809. 


Chapter  4738. 

AN  ACT  to  Incgrporate  the  Ph-iladelphia  Socifiy  for  Pro- 
moting Agriculture. 

Sec.  L  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Represen- 
tatives of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in  General  As- 
sembly  met,  arid  it  is  Thereby  enacted  by  the  authm'ity  of  the 
same,  That  the  persons  who  now  constitute  the  Philadelphia 
Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture,  or  who  shall  hereafter  be 
admitted  members  of  the  same,  shall  be,  and  hereby  are  declar- 
ed to  be  a  body  politic  and  corporate  for  the  term  of  twenty 
years  from  and  after  the  parsing  of  this  act,  by  the  name 
and  style  of  -"  The  Philadelphia  Society  for  Promoting  Agri- 
culture," to  feav>e  succesfflon,  to  jiead  and  be  impleaded,  sue 
and  be  sued  in  all  courts  of  record  or  elsewhere,  and  be  capa- 
ble to  take,  hold  and  enjoy  lands,  tenements  and  hereditament?, 
goods  and  chattels,  and  the  same  from  time  to  time  to  sell, 
grant,  demise,  alien  and  dispose  of,  to  use  a  common  seal  ,and 
to  alter  or  renew  the  same  at  pleasure :  Provid&l,  That  the 


clear  yearly  value  of  the  real  estate  by  theiu  held  shall  at  no 
time  exceed  the  sum  of  six  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  A7id  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid. 
That  the  officers  of  the  said  corporation  shall  consist  of  a  Pre- 
sident, two  Vice-Presidents,  Treasurer,  Secretary,  and  such 
other  officers  as  the  said  corporation-may  think  necessary,  who 
shall  be  elected  annually  or  otherwise,  as  the  rules  and  by-laws 
of  the  corporation  may  direct. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid, 
That  the  said  corporation  when  convened,  upon  due  notice 
given  to  the  members  by  public  advertisement  or  otherwise, 
shall  have  power  and  authority  to  make,  ordain  and  establish, 
such  and  so  many  rules,  by-laws  and  ordinances  relating  to 
the  times  of  meeting,  the  admission  of  members,  the  powers 
and  duties  of  the  officers  thereof,  and  the  ordering  of  the  other 
concerns  of  the  sai^l  corporation  as  they  may  deem  necessary 
and  proper :  Provided,  That  no  rule,  by-law  or  ordinance  as 
aforesaid,  shall  be  valid  if  inconsistent  with  the  constitution 
and  laws  of  this  State  or  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid, 
That  the  present  officers  of  the  said  Society  shall  continue  in 
their  respective  stations  until  an  election  shall  be  made  under 
this  act,  and  the  rules,  by-laws  and  ordinances  now  in  force, 
not  inconsistent  with  the  constitution  and  laws  of  this  State  or 
of  the  United  States,  shall  be  good  and  valid  until  altered, 
amended  or  abrogated  by  the  corporation. 

REES  HILL, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
ISAAC  WEAVER, 
Speaker  oj  the  Senate. 

Approved — The  twenty-seventh  day  of  March,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  nineteen. 

WILLIAM  FINDLAY. 


Chapter  5006. 

A  Supplement  to  the  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  Promo- 
tion OF  Agriculture  and  Domestic  Manufactures." 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  lU- 
preventatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in  Genet* 


nt  Assembly  met^  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  nuthxyrily  of 
the  same,  That  the  Philadelphia  Society  for  the  Promotion  of 
Agriculture,  shall  receive  annually  from  the  county  commis- 
sioners of  Philadelphia  county,  out  of  the  county  tax  assessed 
on  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars 
for  every  member  which  the  freemen  of  the  said  city  and  coun- 
ty are  or  shall  be  respectiv^ely  entitled  to  elect  to  the  house  of 
i'epresentatives  of  this  commonwealth  for  the  purposes  desig- 
nated in  the  act  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  Promotion  of  Agri- 
culture and  Domestic  Manufactures,"  and  the  said  sums  shall  be 
paid  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  said  Philadelphia  Society,  and  noth- 
ing contained  in  the  said  act  to  which  this  is  a  supplement,  shall 
be  construed  to  alter  or  abolish  the  organisation  of  the  said 
Philadelphia  Society  as  at  present  incorporated,  but  all  things 
directed  by  the  said  act  to  be  done  and  performed  in  relation 
to  the  receipts,  expenditures  and  application  of  the  moneys  di- 
rected to  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  thereof,  or  any  matters  or 
things  required  consistently  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  said  Society  as  at  present  incorporated,  shall  be  so  done 
and  performed  by  the  officers,  committees  or  persons  appoint- 
ed by  the  said  Society,  agreeably  to  its  present  organisation, 
by-laws  and  rules,  as  fully  and  effectually  as  if  done  and  per- 
formed by  the  Directors  and  other  officers  of  Societies  estab- 
lished by  virtue  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a  supplement. 

Passed  SQth  March,  1821. 


No.  77. 

A  Supplement  to  the  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  Incorporate 
the  Middleport  and  Pine  Creek  Rail  Road  Company,"  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Section  15.  That  the  charter  of  the  Philadelphia  Society 
for  Promoting  Agriculture,  shall  be  and  tlie  same  is  herel^y  ex- 
tended and  continued  in  force  for  the  term  of  twenty  years 
from  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  March,  Anno  Domini  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  thirty-nine. 

Approved— 77i€  IGth  day  of  April,  1838. 


A  Supplement  to  an  act  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  organisa- 
tion of  a  new  County  from  parts  of  Venango  and  Armstrong, 


to  be  called  Clarion,  passed  the  Uth  day  of  March,  1839,"  and 
for  other  purposes. 

Section  9.  That  the  act  entitled  an  act  supplementary  to  an 
act  entitled  an  act  for  the  Promotion  of  Agriculture  and  Do- 
mestic Manufactures,  passed  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  March, 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-one,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
revived  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  and  after  the  passage 
of  this  act  so  far  as  respects  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia. 

Approved — The  \6th  day  of  April,  1840. 


BY-L.AWSa 


I.— NAME    OF   THE    SOCIETY. 
The  Society  shall  be  styled,  THE  PHILADELPHIA  SOCIE- 
TY FOR  PROMOTING  AGRICULTURE. 

II.— OBJECTS   OF   THE    SOCIETY. 

The  Society's  attention  shall  be  confined  to  agriculture  and 
rural  affairs. 

HI— OFFICERS  AND  MODES  OF  ELECTION. 

The  Society  shall  have  a  President,  and  two  Vice-Presidents, 
a  Treasurer,  two  Curators,  a  Secretary  and  Assistant  Secre- 
tary and  Librarian,  all  of  whom  shall  be  annually  elected  by 
the  tickets  of  a  majority  of  the  members  present  at  the  stated 
meeting  of  the  Society  in  January  ;  the  officers  not  then  elect- 
ed may  be  chosen  at  any  stated  meeting  thereafter  on  being 
nominated  at  a  preceding  meeting,  and  such  intention  shall  be 
duly  notified  in  a  public  newspaper  and  in  a  reasonable  time 
before  the  meeting,  at  which  a  choice  is  to  be  made.  The  per- 
sons, so  elected,  to  continue  in  office  one  year,  and  until  others 
are  chosen  in  their  stead.  In  case  of  any  vacancy,  by  death, 
resignation,  or  otherwise,  the  same  may  be  supplied  by  a  new 
election,  to  be  made  at  any  stated  meeting  of  the  Society,  the 
I^erson  thus  newly  elected  to  serve  the  remainder  of  ihe  year. 
IV.— OF   A   QUORUM. 

A  quorum  for  business  shall  consist  of  at  least  five  members, 
including  the  President  or  Vice-President. 


v.— DUTY  OF  THE   PRESIDENT,   VICE-PRESIDliNT   Ott 
CHAIRMAN. 

At  all  meetings  of  the  Society  the  President  shall  exercise 
the  usual  duties  of  that  office  ;  all  motions  shall  be  addressed 
to  him,  and  on  all  questions  he  shall  collect  and  declare  the 
votes  including  his  own ;  he  shall  also  have  the  power  to  call 
si)ecial  meetings  of  the  Society,  but  all  special  meetings  and 
their  objects  shall  be  notified  by  the  Secretary  and  published 
in  two  or  more  city  newspapers,  at  least  eight  days  before  any 
special  meetings  shall  take  place  ;  in  his  absence  the  same  du- 
ties shall  be  performed  by  a  Vice-President ;  and  if  it  happen^ 
at  any  meeting  of  the  Society,  that  the  President  and  Vice-Pre- 
sidents be  absent,  the  members  present  being  a  quorum  to  con- 
stitute a  regular  meeting  for  the  business  to  be  transacted, 
may  choose  a  chairman  for  that  meeting. 

VL— DUTY    OF   THE  TREASURER. 

The  Treasurer  shall  keep  the  accounts  methodically  statedj 
in  the  books  of  the  Society,  and  when  called  upon,  produce  them 
for  inspection.  At  the  last  meeting  of  every  year,  and  also 
when  his  office  ends,  he  shall  produce  a  fair  and  regular  ac- 
count of  all  receipts,  payments  and  expenditures  :  and  deliver 
it,  together  with  those  books  and  all  other  property  of  the  So- 
ciety, in  his  hands,  to  his  successor  in  office,  or  to  the  order 
of  the  Society. 

VII.— DUTY    OF   THE  CURATORS. 

The  Curators  are  to  take  charge  and  care  of  all  property 
and  articles  belonging  to  the  Society,  the  books  and  papers  ex- 
cepted, \vh:ch  are  to  remain  in  charge  of  the  Secretary  :  the 
Library  to  be  under  the  care  of  the  Librarian,  who  is  to  assist 
the  Curators  in  everything  in  which  his  aid  is  required.  The 
Curators  are  to  take  measures  from  time  to  time,  for  collect » 
ing  all  native  fossils  and  earthly  substances  proper  for  mr.» 
nures,  or  deemed  to  be  so,  and  to  cause  or  procure  the  same 
to  be  analysed,  and  report  to  the  Society  the  result.  They  are 
also  to  procure  experiments  to  be  made  by  careful  agricultur- 
alists, of  any  such  fossils,  earths  or  substances,  and  to  promote 
in  every  practicable  way  explorations,  for  the  discovery  of  na- 
tive substances,  either  known  or  presumed  to  be  manures  or 
auxiliaries  in  fertilising  land.  They  are  also  to  keep  minutes 
of  their  proceedings,  to  collect  models  of  the  best  agricultural 
instruments,  and  report  their  usefulness  and  properties,  and 
cause  such  models  to  be  deposited  in  the  apartments  of  the 


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^c^ciety ;  they  are  to  recommend  to  the  Society  from  time  to 
lime  the  offering  of  premiums,  for  any  discovery  or  experi- 
ment on  the  foregoing  subjects,  and  to  examine  into  the  merits 
of  all  claims  for  premiums  and  report  their  opinion  thereon, 
when  the  Society  do  not  think  proper  to  appoint  special  com- 
mittees for  that  purpose. 

VIII.— DUTY  OF  THE  SECRETARY. 
The  Secretary  and  his  assistant  shall  have  in  charge  all 
books  and  papers  of  the  Society,  and  keep  the  same  in  exact 
order ;  they  shall  register  all  letters  which  shall  be  written  by 
the  committee  of  correspondence,  or  by  themselves,  by  order 
of  the  committee. 

IX.— COMMITTEE  OF  CORRESPONDENCE  AND  ACCOUNTS, 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  in  January,  shall  be 
chosen  a  committee  of  correspondence,  to  consist  of  two  mem- 
bers, for  the  purpose  of  corresponding  with  any  other  Society, 
or  persons,  touching  the  objects  which  this  Society  has  in  view. 
The  same  members  shall  also  be  a  committee  of  accounts,  to 
receive  and  adjust  all  claims  against  the  Society,  and  their  cer. 
tificate  shall  authorise  the  President  or  a  Vice-Pi-esident,  to  issue 
orders  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  payment  of  them,  but  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  preclude  tlie  right  of  the  Society  to  pass 
or  refer  any  account  at  a  regular  meeting. 

X.— TIME   OF   STATED   MEETINGS. 

The  stated  meetings  of  the  Society  shall  be  held  the  first 
Wednesday  of  every  month,  at  eleven  o'clock,  A.  M. 

XI.-^OF  RESIDENT  AND  HONORARY  MEMBERS. 

The  members  of  the  Society  shall  be  distinguished  into  resi^ 
dent,  honorary,  and  contributing  members.  Resident  members 
shall  consist  of  members  residing  within  a  convenient  distance 
to  attend  the  meetings  of  the  Society  in  Philadelphia.  All  mem- 
bers of  agricultural  societies  in  other  States  and  counties,  with 
whom  this  Society  shall  correspond,  and  all  persons  of  this 
State,  and  of  other  States  and  counties,  who  shall  be  elected 
for  the  purpose,  shall  be  honorary  members  ^  and  are  hereb}^ 
invited  to  assist  at  the  meetings,  whenever  they  come  to  Phi- 
ladelphia. Strangers  who  desire  to  be  present,  as  auditors, 
may  be  introduced  by  a  resident  member.  Honorary  contri- 
buting members  are  of  the  description  hereafter  mentioned. 

XII.— HONORARY  CONTRIBUTING   MEMBERS. 
Every  citizen  contributing  and  paying  into  the  hands  of  the 


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Treasurer,  a  sum  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  may  be  elected 
agreeably  to  the  rules,  an  honorary  member;  those  who  thus 
laudably  enable  the  Society  to  extend  its  usefulness  and  pro- 
mote its  objects,  are  invited  to  assist  at  its  meetings :  they  will 
be  styled  honorary  contributing  members. 

XIII.— OF    DONATIONS    AND    BEQUESTS. 

All  donations  and  bequests  for  general  purposes,  shall  be 
faithfully  used,  and  regular  accounts  kept  of  their  applications. 
Such  donations  or  bequests  as  are  given,  granted,  made  or  de- 
vised, on  terms  directing  their  being  used  in,  or  applied  to,  any 
particular  purpose,  shall  with  all  due  fidelity  be  so  used  or  ap- 
plied, and  if  they,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not  be  at  the  time  suffi- 
cient to  accomplish  the  object  designated,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
they  and  every  of  them  shall  be  placed  in  a  situation  (if  practi- 
cable) to  accumulate  until  by  addition  of  other  means,  the  ob- 
jects intended  can  be  effectuated.  The  names,  amount,  and  de- 
scription, of  donations  of  all  citizens,  contributing  pecuniary 
or  other  donations  of  any  amount  or  description  whatever, 
shall  be  registered  in  a  roll,  kept  for  that  special  purpose.  They 
well  merit  and  receive  the  thanks  of  the  Society,  for  the  patrio- 
tism and  public  spirit  evinced  by  their  thus  affording  the  means 
of  accomplishing  the  objects  of  the  institution. 

XIV.— ELECTION    OF   MEMBERS. 

New  members,  whether  resident  or  honorary,  shall  be  elect- 
ed by  ballot,  and  the  Secretary  shall  issue  notices  to  each  per- 
son of  his  being  elected  to  the  following  purport :  Tl  e  Phila- 
delphia Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture,  have  elected 
a  resident  or  honorary  member,  in  testimony  of  their  confi- 
dence in  his  capacity  and  inclination  to  promote  the  objects  of 
their  Institution. 

XV.— ELECTIONS   OF    MEMBERS   AND  OFFICERS. 

All  elections  and  appointments,  except  of  the  officers  of  the 
Society,  shall  take  place  at  one  of  the  stated  meetings  of  the 
Society,  and  no  person  shall  be  elected  a  member,  whether  re- 
sident or  honorary,  unless  at  a  preceding  stated  meeting,  he 
shall  have  been  openly  proposed,  and  such  nomination  duly 
entered  on  the  minutes  of  the  Society ;  the  nomination  and 
election  to  be  in  the  absence  of  the  candidate.  The  officers  of 
the  Society  shall  be  elected  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  So- 
ciety, in  each  year,  between  the  hours  of  twelve  o'clock  at 
noon,  and  two  o'clock,  P.  M. ;  or  in  case  no  election  is  then 
made,  then  at  such  time  thereafter  as  they  may  appoint.     No 


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member  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  at  the  annual  meeting,  unless 
his  arrearages  of  subscription  due  the  Society  be  previously- 
paid. 

XVI.— OF   PREIMIUMS. 

The  Society  shall  annually,  or  at  any  stated  meeting,  pro- 
pose prizes  upon  interesting  subjects  relative  to  actual  experi- 
ments and  improvements,  and  for  the  best  pieces  written  on 
proposed  subjects ;  and  in  order  more  effectually  to  disseminate 
the  knowledge  of  useful  discoveries  and  improvements  in  hus- 
bandry, the  Society  will  from  time  to  time,  publish  collections 
of  memoirs  and  observations,  selected  from  such  communica- 
tions as  shall  be  made  to  them.  To  promote  these  views,  the 
friends  of  agriculture  are  invited  to  assist  the  Society  with  in- 
formation of  experiments,  and  incidents  in  husbandry, 

XVII.— CONDITIONS  OF  PREMIUMS  AND  RULE  FOR  THEIR 
ADJUDICATION. 

All  claims  of  prizes  shall  be  sent  in  writing  ;  and  when  read, 
the  Society  shall  determine  which  of  the  claims,  relative  to 
each  prize,  shall  be  selected  for  their  definite  judgment,  on  a 
future  comparison.  This  judgment  is  to  be  given  at  the  sta- 
ted meeting  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  February,  or  at  any  other 
stated  meeting;  but  previously  to  such  determination^  all  such 
claims  shall  be  submitted  to,  and  reported  upon  by  the  Cura- 
tors. If  it  happen,  in  any  case,  that  there  be  no  competition 
for  a  prize,  but  only  a  single  claim,  the  Society  will  consider 
such  claim;  and  if  the  claim  or  claims  be  supported  answera- 
bly  to  their  views  and  just  expectations  of  the  Society,  the  prize 
proposed  shall  be  decreed.  Prizes  and  premiums  are  equally 
due  to  any  persons  residing  in  any  of  the  United  States,  ac- 
cording to  the  merit  of  their  resj^ective  exhibitions. 
XVIIL— OF   ANNUAL   PAYMENTS. 

For  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  necessary  expenses  of  the 
Society,  for  premiums  and  prizes,  books  on  agriculture,  im- 
proved implements  of  husbandry,  and  other  important  objects 
and  contingencies,  every  member  shall  annually  pay  to  the 
Treasurer  a  contribution  of  four  dollars.  All  annual  contri- 
butions shall  be  considered  payable  on  or  before  the  stated 
meeting  in  June  of  each  year;  members  elected  at  or  before 
that  period  shall  contribute  four  dollars,  and  those  elected 
subsequently  shall  pay  two  dollars  for  the  current  year  termi- 
nating on  the  3 1st  of  Decemlx'r. 

XIX.— CHANGE   OF  RESIDENCE   OF   MEMBERS. 

If  any  resident  member  shall  remove  beyond  the  limits  pre- 


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scribed,  he  shall  not  in  virtue  of  his  resident  membership,  be 
eligible  as  a  candidate  for  honorary  membership,  without  be- 
ing regularly  proposed  as  such. 

XX.— OF  LIFE  SUBSCRIPTION. 

Any  member  paying  thirty  dollars  shall  be  considered  a 
member  for  life,  and  shall  not  be  called  on  for  any  farther  an- 
nual payments. 

XXI.—OF  MEMBERS  IN   DEFAULT. 

At  the  first  meeting  in  January,  of  every  year,  the  Treasurer 
shall  lay  before  the  Society  a  list  of  the  members,  specifying 
who  have,  and  who  have  not  paid  their  contributions,  and  any 
member  whose  contributions  shall  be  found  to  be  more  than 
two  years  in  arrears,  after  the  same  shall  have  become  due, 
and  payable  aforesaid,  provided  payment  thereof  has  been  per- 
sonally demanded  of  him  by  the  Treasurer,  or  collector  author- 
ised by  him  for  the  purpose,  such  member  shall  be  considered 
as  withdrawing  from  the  Society,  and  be  no  longer  deemed  a 
member  of  it,  and  the  same  shall  be  entered  on  the  minutes. 
XXII.— OF   NEW   RULES. 

New  rules  or  alterations  to  be  made  in  old  rules,  except  at 
the  annual  meeting  in  January,  shall  be  proposed  and  the  pro- 
posal entered  on  the  minutes,  at  a  preceding  stated  meeting, 
and  may  then  be  made  by  not  less  than  two-thirds  of  the  mem- 
bers present. 

XXIII.— OF   DISPOSITION   OF   THE  FUNDS 

When  any  part  of  the  Society's  funds  is  to  be  disposed  of 
excepting  at  the  annual  meeting  or  for  ordinary  contingent  ex- 
penses, the  same  shall  be  done  at  a  stated  meeting,  or  special 
one,  after  having  been  proposed  at  a  previous  stated  meeting. 

XXIV. 

Still  farther  to  advance  the  objects  of  this  institution,  the 
Society  will  promote  the  establishment  of  other  similar  Socie- 
ties in  the  United  States. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS 


OF   THE 


Philadelphia  Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture, 

FOR   1840. 


President, NICHOLAS  BIDDLE. 

Vice-Presidents, DR.  JAMES  MEASE, 

JOSEPH  CLOUD. 

Treasurer, ALGERNON  S.  ROBERTS. 

Secretary, KENDERTON  SMITH. 

Assist.  SecVy  and  Librarian, .  .  P.  R.  FREIAS. 

Curators, JAMES  GO  WEN, 

AARON  C.  CLEMENT. 

Corresponding  Committee,  ,  .  .  DR.  G.  EMERSON, 

JOHN  C.  MONTGOMERY 


CHARTER 


AND 


BY-LAWS 


OF  THE 


PHILADELPHIA  SOCIETY 


PROMOTING  AGRICULTURE. 


INSTITUTED  FEBRUARY  14,  1809. 


GERMANTOWN,  PA. 

PRINTED  AT  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  TELEGRAPH. 

1850. 


CHARTER. 


CHAPTER  3015. 

AN   ACT    To    INCORPORATE    THE    PHILADELPHIA    SOCIETY    FOR 
PROMOTING   AGRICULTURE. 

Section  1.  The  persons  constituting  the  Philadelphia  Agri- 
cultural Society  declared  to  be  a  body  politic  and  corporate  by 
the  name  of  "The  Philadelphia  Society  for  Promoting  Agricul- 
ture," with  the  usual  corporate  powers,  for  ten  years.  2.  Offi- 
cers to  be  elected  annually.  3.  Corporation  authorised  to  make 
by-laws  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  and  constitution  of  this 
commonwealth.  4.  Present  officers  to  continue  until  an  elec- 
tion shall  be  held  under  this  act. 

Passed  Utk  February,  1809. 


CHAPTER  4738. 

AN    ACT    TO    INCORPORATE    THE    PHILADELPHIA    SOCIETY   FOR 
PROMOTING   AGRICULTURE. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  in  General  Jls^ 
sembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same, 
That  the  persons  who  now  constitute  the  Philadelphia  Society 
for  Promoting  Agricdture,  or  who  shall  hereafter  be  admitted 
members  of  the  same,  shall  be,  and  hereby  are  declared  to  be  a 
body  politic  and  corporate  for  the  term  of  twenty  years  from 
and  after  the  passing  of  this  act,  by  the  name  and  style  of  "The 
Philadelphia  Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture,"  to  have  suc- 
cession, to  plead  and  be  impleaded,  sue  and  be  sued  in  all  courts 
of  record  and  elsewhere,  and  be  capable  to  take,  hold  and  enjoy 
lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments,  goods  and  chattels,  and  the 
same  from  time  to  time  to  sell,  grant,  demise,  alien  and  dispose 
of,  to  use  a  common  seal,  and  to  alter  or  renew  the  same  at 
pleasure :  Provided,  That  the  clear  yearly  value  of  the  real 
estate  by  them  held  shall  at  no  time  exceed  the  sum  of  six 
thousand  dollars. 

Sec  2.  jlnd  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid, 
That  the  officers  of  the  said  corporation  shall  consist  of  a  Presi- 
dent, two  Vice  Presidents,  Treasurer,  Secretary,  and  such  other 


officers  as  Ihe  said  corporation  may  think  necessary,  who  shall 
be  elected  annually  or  otherwise,  as  the  rules  and  by-laws  of 
the  corporation  may  direct. 

Sec.  3.  And  he  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid, 
That  the  said  corporation  when  convened,  upon  due  notice 
given  to  the  members  by  public  advertisement  or  otherwise, 
shall  have  power  and  authority  to  make,  ordain  and  establish, 
such  and  so  many  rules,  by-laws  and  ordinances  relating  to  the 
times  of  meeting,  the  admission  of  members,  the  powers  and 
duties  of  the  officers  thereof,  and  the  ordering  of  the  other  con- 
cerns of  the  said  corporation  as  they  may  deem  necessary  and 
proper :  Provided,  That  no  rule,  by-law  or  ordinance  as  afore- 
said, shall  be  valid  if  inconsistent  with  the  constitution  and  laws 
of  this  State  or  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid, 
That  the  present  officers  of  the  said  Society  shall  continue  in 
their  respective  stations  until  an  election  shall  be  made  under 
this  act,  and  the  rules,  by-laws  and  ordinances  now  in  force, 
not  inconsistent  with  the  constitution  and  laws  of  this  State,  or 
of  the  United  States,  shall  be  good  and  valid  until  altered, 
amended  or  abrogated  by  the  corporation. 

REES  HILL, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

ISAAC  WEAVER, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 
Approved — The  twenty-seventh  day  of  March,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  nineteen. 

WILLIAM  FINDLAY. 


CHAPTER  5006. 

A  SUPPLEMENT  TO  THE  ACT  ENTITLED  "  AN  ACT  FOR  THE  PROMOTION 
OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  DOMESTIC  MANUFACTURES." 

Section  L  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  in  General  As- 
sembly met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same, 
That  the  Philadelphia  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Agriculture, 
shall  receive  annually  from  the  County  Commissioners  of  Phi- 
ladelphia county,  out  of  the  county  tax  assessed  on  the  city  and 
county  of  Philadelphia,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  for  every  mem- 
ber which  the  freemen  of  the  said  city  and  county  are  or  shall 
be  respectively  entitled  to  elect  to  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  this  commonwealth,  for  the  purposes  designated  in  the 


act  entitled  "An  act  for  the  Promotion  of  Agriculture  and 
Domestic  Manufactures,"  and  the  said  sums  shall  be  paid  to  the 
Treasurer  of  the  said  Philadelphia  Society,  and  nothing  con- 
tained in  the  said  act  to  which  this  is  a  supplement,  shall  be 
construed  to  alter  or  abolish  the  organization  of  the  said  Phila- 
delphia Society  as  at  present  incorporated,  but  all  things  direct- 
ed by  the  said  act  to  be  done  and  performed  in  relation  to  the 
receipts,  expenditures  and  application  of  the  moneys  directed 
to  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  thereof,  or  any  matters  or  things 
required  consistently  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  said 
Society  as  at  present  incorporated,  shall  be  so  done  and  per- 
formed by  the  officers,  committees  or  persons  appointed  by  the 
said  Society,  agreeably  to  its  present  organization,  by-laws  and 
rules,  as  fully  and  effectually  as  if  done  and  performed  by  the 
Directors  and  other  officers  of  Societies  established  by  virtue  of 
the  act  to  which  this  is  a  supplement. 
Passed  30th  March,  1821. 


No.  77. 

A  Supplement  to  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  incorporate  the 
Middleport  and  Pine  Creek  Rail  Road  Company,"  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Section  15.  That  the  charter  of  the  Philadelphia  Society 
for  Promoting  Agriculture,  shall  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ex- 
tended and  continued  in  force  for  the  term  of  twenty  years 
from  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  March,  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty-nine. 

Approved — The  16th  day  of  jJpril,  1838. 


A  Supplement  to  an  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  organization 
of  a  new  county  from  parts  of  Venango  and  Armstrong,  to  be 
called  Clarion,  passed  the  11th  day  of  March,  1839,"  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Section  9.  That  the  act  entitled  an  act  supplementary  to  an 
act  entitled  an  act  for  the  Promotion  of  Agriculture  and  Do- 
mestic Manufactures,  passed  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  March, 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-one,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
revived  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  and  after  the  passage  of 
this  act,  so  far  as  respects  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia. 
Approved— 7 Ae  l6th  day  of  April,  1840. 
1* 


BY-LAWS. 


ARTICLE  T.— NAME  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 
The  Society  shall  be  styled   "The  Philadelphia  Society 
FOR  Promoting  Agriculture." 

II—OBJECTS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 
The  Society's  attention  shall  be  confined  to  Agricultural  and 
Kural  aiFairs. 

III.— OFFICERS  AND  MODES  OF  ELECTION. 
The  Society  shall  have  a  President  and  two  Vice  Presidents, 
a  Treasurer,  a  Recording  Secretary,  an  Assistant  Recording 
Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  a  Librarian,  and  two 
Curators,  all  of  whom  shall  be  annually  elected  by  the  tickets 
of  a  majority  of  the  members  present,  at  the  stated  meetings  of 
the  Society  in  January,  which  shall  be  the  annual  meeting, 
between  the  hours  of  eleven,  A.  M.  and  one,  P.  M. ;  and  in 
case  no  election  is  then  made,  then  at  such  stated  or  special 
meeting  thereafter,  as  may  be  duly  appointed :  Provided,  That 
no  person  shall  be  elected  an  officer  of  this  Society  unless  nomi- 
nated at  a  preceding  meeting.  The  persons  so  elected  to  con- 
tinue in  office  until  the  next  annual  election,  and  until  others 
are  chosen  in  their  stead.  In  case  of  any  vacancy,  by  death, 
resignation  or  otherwise,  the  same  may  be  supplied  by  a  new 
election,  to  be  made  at  any  stated  meeting  of  the  Society : 
Provided,  That  no  member  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  at  the  an- 
nual meeting  unless  his  arrearages  of  subscription  due  be  pre- 
viously paid. 

IV.— A   QPORUM. 
A  quorum  for  business  shall  consist  of  at  least  five  members, 
including  the  President  or  a  Vice  President. 

v.— DUTY  OF  THE  PRESIDENT,  VICE  PRESIDENT,  OR 
CHAIRMAN. 

At  all  meetings  of  the  Society  the  President  shall  perform 
the  usual  duties  of  that  office ;  all  motions  shall  be  addressed  to 
him,  and  on  all  questions  he  shall  declare  the  votes,  including 
his  own  ;  he  shall  sign  all  drafts  on  the  Treasurer ;  he  shall  also 
call  special  meetings  of  the  Society,  when  requested  so  to  do  in 
writing  by  any  five  members ;  three  days'  notice,  in  a  written 


or  printed  form,  stating  the  objects  of  said  special  meeting,  to 
be  given  to  each  member  of  the  Society  by  the  Recording  Se- 
cretary ;  also,  said  notice  to  be  inserted  in  at  least  two  daily 
newspapers  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  In  the  absence  of  the 
President,  a  Vice  President  shall  preside;  and  in  the  absence 
of  the  President  and  Vice  Presidents,  a  chairman  for  that  meet- 
ing shall  be  appointed. 

VI.— DUTY  OF  THE  TREASURER. 
He  shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  Society,  and 
pay  all  drafts  ordered  by  the  Society,  signed  by  the  President 
or  presiding  officer  at  any  stated  meeting,  except  in  the  pay- 
ment of  premiums  ordered  to  be  awarded  at  any  of  the  exhibi- 
tions of  the  Society,  which  shall  be  made  directly  by  the  Trea- 
surer. He  shall  keep  the  accounts  methodically  stated,  in  the 
books  of  the  Society,  and  when  called  upon  produce  them  for 
inspection.  At  the  last  meeting  of  every  year,  and  also  when 
his  office  ends,  he  shall  produce  a  fair  and  regular  account  of 
all  receipts,  payments  and  expenditures ;  which,  together  with 
those  books  and  moneys  and  other  property  in  his  hands,  he 
shall  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office,  or  to  the  order  of  the 
Society. 

VIL— DUTY  OF  THE  RECORDING  SECRETARY. 
The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep  fair  minutes  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Society  in  a  book  provided  him  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  shall  prepare  a  sketch  of  the  proceedings  of  the  stated 
and  special  meetings  for  publication  in  the  newspapers,  when 
any  thing  of  interest  shall  transpire.  He  shall  furnish  a  copy 
of  any  resolution  or  motion  entered  upon  the  minutes,  when 
requested  by  any  member  or  committee ;  he  shall  notify  the 
members  of  all  special  meetings,  and  new  members  as  well  as 
such  officers  who  may  not  be  present  at  the  annual  meeting,  of 
their  election.  He  shall  also  have  in  charge  all  books  and  pa- 
pers of  the  Society,  belonging  to  his  office,  and  shall  attend  the 
room  of  the  Society  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  every  month, 
between  the  hours  of  eleven  and  one. 

VIII.—DUTY  OF  THE  ASSISTANT  RECORDING  SECRETARY. 
The  Assistant  Recording  Secretary  shall  perform  the  duties 
of  the  Recording  Secretary  in  his  absence,  and  shall  also  notify 
the  members,  by  written  or  printed  notices,  of  all  the  stated 
meetings  of  the  Society,  at  least  one  week  belore  the  time  of 
meeting',  also,  have  said  notice  inserted  in  at  least  two  daily 
newspapers  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 


IX.— DUTY  OF  THE  CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY. 
The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  conduct  the  correspond- 
ence of  the  Society  with  other  Societies  or  individuals,  except 
in  cases  where  a  special  committee  shall  be  appointed  for  that 
purpose,  and  shall  furnish  the  Recording  Secretary  with  a 
minute  of  his  correspondence. 

X.— DUTY  OF  THE  CURATORS. 
The  Curators  are  to  take  charge  and  care  of  all  property  and 
articles  belonging  to  the  Society,  the  books  and  papers  of  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  excepted.  They  are  to  take  measures, 
from  time  to  time,  for  collecting  all  native  fossils  and  earthy 
substances  proper  for  manure,  or  deemed  to  be  so,  and  to  cause 
or  procure  the  same  to  be  analysed,  and  report  to  the  Society 
the  result.  They  are  also  to  procure  experiments  to  be  made 
by  careful  agriculturists,  of  any  such  fossils,  earth  or  substances, 
and  to  promote  in  every  practicable  way  explorations,  for  the 
discovery  of  native  substances,  either  known  or  presumed  to  be 
auxiliaries  in  fertilizing  land.  They  are  also  to  keep  minutes 
of  their  proceedings,  to  collect  models  of  the  best  agricultural 
implements,  and  report  their  usefulness  and  properties,  and  to 
cause  such  models  to  be  deposited  in  the  apartments  of  the  So- 
ciety ;  they  are  also  to  recommend,  from  time  to  time,  the 
offering  of  premiums  for  any  discovery  or  experiment  on  the 
foregoing  subjects. 

XI.— TIME  OF  STATED  MEETINGS. 
The  stated  meetings  of  the  Societ}"  shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Wednesday  of  every  month,  at  11  o'clock,  A.  M. 

XII.— OF  MEMBERS. 
The  members  of  the  Society  shall  be  distinguished  as  resi- 
dent, honorary  and  life  members.  Resident  members  shall 
consist  of  those  residing  within  a  convenient  distance  to  at- 
tend the  meetings  of  the  Society  in  Philadelphia.  All  mem- 
bers of  Agricultural  Societies  in  other  Slates  and  counties, 
with  whom  this  Society  shall  correspond,  and  all  persons  of 
this  State  and  other  States  and  counties,  who  shall  be  elected 
for  the  purpose,  shall  be  honorary  members,  and  are  hereby 
invited  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the  Society  whenever  they 
can  make  it  convenient.  Any  member  paying  twenty  dollars 
shall  be  considered  a  member  for  life,  and  shall  not  be  called 
on  for  any  further  payments.  Strangers  Avho  desire  to  be  pre- 
sent at  any  of  the  meetings  of  the  Society,  may  be  introduced 
by  a  member. 


XIII.— OF  DONATIONS  AND  BEQUESTS. 

All  donations  and  bequests  made  to  the  Society,  for  general 
purposes,  shall  be  faithfully  applied;  and  all  donations  and 
bequests  as  shall  be  given,  granted,  made  or  devised  for  any 
particular  purpose,  shall,  with  all  due  fidelity,  be  so  used  and 
applied.  The  names,  amount,  and  description  of  all  donations^ 
shall  be  registered  in  a  roll  kept  for  that  purpose. 

XIV.— ELECTION  OF  MEMBERS. 
New  members,  whether  resident  or  honorary,  shall  be  elected 
by  the  ballots  of  a  majority  of  those  present  at  a  stated  meeting, 
having  at  a  preceding  meeting  been  openly  nominated,  and 
such  nomination  entered  upon  the  minutes  of  the  Society ;  the 
nomination  and  election  to  be  made  in  the  absence  of  the  can- 
didate. 

XV.— OF  PRExMIUMS  FOR  ESSAYS,  &c. 
The  Society  may,  from  time  to  time,  propose  prizes  for 
essays,  &c.,  upon  interesting  subjects  connected  with  the  ob- 
jects of  the  institution. 

XVL— OF  EXHIBITIONS. 
The  Society  may,  at  its  discretion,  hold  exhibitions  of  stock, 
produce,  implements,  &c.,  award  prizes  or  certificates  of  merit  to 
such  stock,  produce,  implements,  &c.,  as  may  be  deemed  worthy 
of  distinction  •,  and  generally  make  such  provision  and  arrange- 
ment as  may  carry  out  these  important  objects  of  the  Society. 

XVII.— OF  AN  AUXILIARY  CLUB. 
The  Society  may  authorise  the  formation  of  a  farmer's  club 
out  of  such  portion  of  its  active  members  as  may  see  fit  to  unite 
in  promoting  its  designs,  to  be  auxiliary  to  the  objects  and  in- 
terests of  the  Society,  to  which  it  shall  make  an  annual  report 
of  its  proceedings.  Its  meetings  shall  be  monthly  or  semi- 
monthly, and  held  at  the  respective  residences  of  the  members 
or  elsewhere.  Its  officers  shall  be  such  as  the  club  may  deem 
necessary. 

XVIIL-OF  ANNUAL  PAYMENTS. 
For  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  necessary  expenses  of  the 
Society,  every  resident  member,  except  the  editors  of  the  news- 
paper press,  shall  annually  pay  to  the  Treasurer  the  sum  of  three 
dollars ;  and  all  such  subscriptions  shall  be  considered  payable 
on  or  before  the  stated  meeting  in  July  of  each  year,  the  year 
dating  from  the  annual  meeting  in  January.  Members  elected 
during  the  year  to  pay  the  proportion  of  the  year  unexpired. 


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XIX— ELIGIBILITY  OF  PRESIDENT. 
No  person  shall  be   eligible  to  the  office  of  President  for  a 
longer  term  than  two  successive  years. 

XX.— OF  NEW  RULES. 
New  rules  or  alterations  to  be  made  in  old  rules,  except  at 
the  annual  meeting  in  January,  shall  be  proposed,  and  the  pro- 
posal entered  upon  the  minutes,  at  a  precedmg  stated  meeting, 
and  may  then  be  made  by  not  less  than  two-thirds  of  the  mem- 
bers present. 

XXL— ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 
J.  Reading  of  the   Minutes  of  the   preceding  meeting  or 
meetings. 

2.  Election  of  Members. 

3.  Reports  of  Committees. 

4.  Deferred  Business. 

5.  New  Business. 

6.  Discussion  of  Questions. 

XXII.— OTHER  BY-LAWS  AND  RESOLUTIONS. 
All  other  By-Laws  and  Resolutions,  inconsistent  with  the 
foregoing  By-Laws,  are  hereby  repealed. 


RESOLUTIONS. 

1.  Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  the  Recording  Secretary  be 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  per  annum ;  and  that  he 
be  required  to  keep  open  the  room  of  the  Society  every  Wed-* 
nesday  between  the  hours  of  eleven  and  one. 

2.  Resolved,  That  the  Committee  of  Ten  be  authorised  and 
requested  to  report  to  the  Society  some  suitable  location  or 
locations,  as  a  permanent  exhibition  ground,  as  ^vell  as  the  most 
favorable  terms  on  which  the  same  may  be  obtained. 

3.  Resolved,  That  the  management  of  the  public  exhibitions 
of  the  Society  shall  be  conducted  by  a  committee  consisting  of 
nine  active  members,  the  President  always  beingone,  who  shall 
be  called  a  Committee  of  Arrangement,  and  which  shall  be  or- 
ganised at  any  regular  meeting  of  a  majority  of  its  members,  by 
the  appointment  of  a  Chairman  and  Secretary,  and  also  a  Din- 
ner Committee.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  true  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  Committee,  and  shall  attend  at  the  ground 
during  an  exhibition,  and  record  in  a  book  provided  for  the  pur- 
pose, separately  and  respectively,  all  stock,  implements  and 


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produce,  entered  for  premium  or  exhibition,  with  the  name, 
age,  and  breed  of  the  stock,  and  the  name  and  residence  of  the 
owner ;  also,  a  catalogue  of  all  implements  and  produce,  as  well 
as  of  all  other  articles  embraced  in  the  premium  list,  that  may 
be  oiFered,  with  the  name  and  residence  of  the  owner  as  afore- 
said. Each  member  of  the  Committee  shall  wear  a  distinguish- 
ing badge,  in  order  to  facilitate  the  business  of  tho  exhibitions. 

4.  Resolved,  That  the  Committee  of  Arrangement  shall  pre- 
pare f(jr  publication  in  the  newspapers,  at  the  earliest  practicable 
period  after  an  exhibition,  an  official  report  of  the  proceedings 
of  such  exhibition,  properly  authenticated,  giving  the  name  and 
residence  of  each  contributor,  and  stating  the  object  or  objects, 
article  or  articles,  that  he  shall  have  contributed,  which  shall 
precede  the  reports  of  the  different  committees  incident  to  an 
exhibition — a  copy  of  which  official  proceedings  shall  be  ten- 
dered for  publication  in  such  newspapers  as  the  Committee  of 
Arrangement  may  deem  proper,  at  such  time  that  they  may 
appear  in  all  simultaneously. 

5.  Resolved,  That  the  premiums  hereafter  awarded  by  the 
Society,  shall  be  distributed  to  the  successful  competitors,  as  far 
as  practicable,  on  the  exhibition  ground,  at  such  time  during 
an  exhibition  as  the  Committee  of  Arrangement  shall  appoint ; 
and  each  award  shall  be  accompanied  with  a  certificate  of  such 
award,  signed  by  the  President  of  the  Society,  and  attested  hy 
the  Recording  Secretary. 

6.  Resolved,  That  the  Committee  of  Arrangement  shall  be 
required  to  make,  at  the  next  stated  meeting  of  the  Society  after 
an  exhibition,  a  general  report  of  its  proceedings,  except  in  the 
matter  of  the  contingent  receipts  and  expenditures,  which  shall 
be  in  detail. 

7.  Resolved,  That  hereafter  the  price  of  admission  to  the 
public  exhibitions  of  the  Society,  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Commit- 
tee of  Arrangement. 

8.  Resolved,  That  as  soon  as  a  time  shall  be  fixed  on  for  an 
exhibition,  the  President  shall  appoint  Township  Committees 
in  every  township  represented  in  the  Society,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  use  their  personal  efforts  in  multiplying  the  contri- 
butions to  said  exhibition. 

9.  Resolved,  That  at  each  stated  meeting  of  the  Society,  there 
shall  be  at  least  one  subject,  connected  with  practical  agriculture, 
discussed  by  the  members — each  subject  shall  be  proposed  at  a 
preceding  meeting,  and  shall  take  precedence  in  the  order  of 
their  proposal  by  the  members,  and  the  Recording  or  Assistant 
Recording  Secretary  shall  give  notice  in  the  newspapers  of  the 
same. 


LIST  OJ^'  OFFICERS 

OF    THE 

Philadelphia  Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture, 

FOR  1850. 


President, ALFRED  L.  ELWIN. 

^.     p      . ,    .  (  SAMUEL  C.  FORD, 

yice  rresiaents,      ...       |  HARRY  INGERSOLL. 

Recording  Secretary,    .     .     .  AARON  CLEMENT. 

^ss't.  Recording  Secretary,   .  PETER  HULME. 

Corresponding  Secretary,      .  ALGERNON  S.  ROBERTS. 

Treasurer, GEORGE  BLIGHT. 

^      ,  (  DAVID  LANDRETH, 

^^^"^^^^^y I  CHARLES  W.  HARRISON. 

Libranan, AARON  CLEMENT. 


